Children's Vision
Press Release Template: Comprehensive Eye Exams Particularly Important for Classroom Success
A press release that reminds parents that vision is critical for classroom tasks and encourages them to add a comprehensive eye examination to their children’s back-to-school list.
Children's Screen Time Social Media Video
Short, educational video for parents and the public on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children’s vision, from increased screen time to a significant myopic shift in young children.
As back-to-school season gets underway, now's the time to get parents to schedule their child's comprehensive eye examination with a local doctor of optometry.
Video: How Healthy Eyes Give Kids Every Opportunity to Succeed
Children with uncorrected vision conditions or eye health problems face many barriers in life, developmentally, academically and socially. In-person, comprehensive eye exams from a doctor of optometry can break down these barriers and help give your child the tools to learn successfully.
Children’s Eye Health Activity Sheet
This two-sided 8 1/2" x 11" activity sheet is excellent for use in the classroom or as a giveaway at health fairs and other community events, particularly for children ages 6 - 10 (early readers). Learn fun facts about vision while solving challenging puzzles!
Customizable PowerPoint presentation template on children’s vision that explains how children’s eyes work, common pediatric vision conditions and the importance of regular eye care.
Children’s Vision State Legislation / Advocacy Resources (Children's Vision Advocacy Toolkit)
Doctors of optometry play a critical role in urging lawmakers across the country to support children’s eye exam legislation. This toolkit is intended to assist affiliates with their advocacy efforts. The materials are intended for distribution to lawmakers, media and other key audiences, while other materials are for advocates’ use only.
This fact sheet provides an overview of the process and key components of a comprehensive eye exam for school-aged children as outlined in the American Optometric Association’s Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for Comprehensive Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination.
AOA Pediatric Guidelines 6-Page Summary
This guideline is a shortened summary of AOA’s Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for Comprehensive Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination and is intended to help ensure all children’s health care providers have the latest, scientifically based information to provide the best care for their young patients. This guideline shows which tests and interventions are proven to optimize a child’s eye care and the frequency with which children should receive a comprehensive eye exam to ensure their visual health. ***See link below for full guideline
AOA Pediatric Guidelines For Health Care Providers (Full Guideline)
The American Optometric Association (AOA) convened an expert panel in 2017 to develop an evidence-based guideline that recommends annual comprehensive eye exams for children. This is the complete evidence-based guideline for healthcare providers.
Scout Vision Patch Awareness Program
This toolkit provides information and resources to help affiliates and members establish a Vision Awareness Patch Program for girl scouts and boy scouts in their community, and reinforce the importance of eye exams to not just the children, but also the parents, caregivers, and scout leaders. Click here for the Virtual Scout Powerpoint Presentation.
AOA and AFOS: ‘Cut through the noise’ and empower licensed doctors of optometry to provide greater access to care to veterans
Eye care is the third-most requested health service by veterans at the VA—and doctors of optometry provide the majority of that care. Yet, as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) considers new national standards of practice for more than 50 health professions at its facilities, optometrists are making a winning case for expanding their role at an understaffed VA and are galvanizing against baseless attacks from organized medicine, ophthalmology and a few unbending legislators.
3 coding questions cracked
Does Medicare allow you to bill fundus photos and an optical coherence tomography on the same day for two different diagnoses? The answer to this question, and more, from the AOA’s experts.
Born to serve: Active duty paraoptometric professionals provide critical care
September is Paraoptometric Appreciation Month, celebrating optometric practice staff around the country. Two paraoptometric professionals who provide eye care as active-duty veterans in the United States Armed Forces share their stories.